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Dead Reckoning

by Soraia

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1.
It's like a four letter word bangin' 'round my head It's my cruel desire turns my face all red It's my flamin' heart let me show you instead It's like quicksand It's like shakin' hands Hear the screams from all the young dudes Loud enough to bust a heart in two What do they mean, baby, what should we do? It's like quicksand We ain't losin' ground - we're just losin' some grace, now, sugar Can't save your ass while you're saving face, baby Look in the mirror understand disgrace It's like quicksand It's like a four letter word bangin' 'round my head It's my cruel desire turn my face all red It's my flamin' heart let me show you instead It's like quicksand It's like quicksand See, we got this dream born from a nightmare's grave Look in the mirror a familiar face, baby It's different bodies, the same damn place It's like quicksand It's like a four letter word bangin' 'round my head It's my cruel desire turn my face all red It's my flamin' heart let me show you instead It's like quicksand It's like quicksand It's like Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Quicksand It's like a four letter word bangin' 'round my head It's my cruel desire turn my face all red It's my flamin' heart let me show you instead It's like quicksand It's like a four letter word bangin' 'round my head It's my cruel desire turn my face all red It's my flamin' heart let me show you instead It's like quicksand It's like quicksand It's like quicksand It's like quicksand
2.
Why 04:08
Endless summer Time belonged to me Butterscotch chocolated I chose my destiny Once a high-born How the mighty fall Beggary, buggery I confess all Pagan gospel song Calms my dreams blue He pleasures me politely But he's not you Why don't you wanna love me? Why don't you wanna love me? Why don't you wanna love me? Baby Why don't you wanna love me? Why don't you wanna love me? Why don't you wanna love me? The way I wanna love you Crystal winter Dark angels danced away Rich man's playground December's children play Cherry mulled wine To dull the senses' lust I need to drown the hollow sound Your symphony of trust My gluttony for salvation Is my feast of fools She pleasures me skillfully But she's not you Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) The way I wanna love you Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) The way I wanna love you The merriment of confidence Ghosts flattered by the ghouls He pleasures me desperately He knows that he's not you Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) The way I wanna love Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) The way I wanna love Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) Why don't you wanna love me? (Why don't you wanna love me) The way I wanna love you
3.
Cupid Killer 03:26
You're just some worn-out King tellin' me how to walk across my floor You said the same damn thing yesterday into the day before You're just a Cupid Killer I'm a little bored, destroyed by love You're just a Cupid Killer I need more than some worn out love Well, I ain't bulletproof but I'll take the hits just 'cause I'm hard-headed You're always lookin' for proof, here it is, why don't you come and get it? And even though my eyes shine when I look at you You walk around pretendin' it ain't true Well, I know what you got, and what you got ain't what's houndin' you baby You're just some worn-out King tellin' me how to walk across my floor You said the same damn thing yesterday into the day before You're just a Cupid Killer I'm a little bored, and destroyed by love You're just a Cupid Killer I need a little more than your worn out love I'm spinnin' wheels in the dirt, I damn can't stick around no more That old familiar hurt, can't seem to pick myself up off the floor And even though I want you And lightning don't strike twice Well, when the thunder comes Take my advice Better know what you got, cause what you got is what's killin' you Baby Ahh, ah, ah ahh, ah, ah Ahh, ah, ah ahh, ah, ah You're just some worn-out King tellin' me how to walk across my floor You said the same damn thing yesterday into the day before You're just a Cupid Killer I'm a little bored, destroyed by love You're just a Cupid Killer I need more than your worn out love You're just some worn-out King tellin' me how to walk across my floor You said the same damn thing yesterday into the day before And I can see the stars shine from anywhere We'll dance our last dance, I don't care You're just a Cupid Killer I need more than your worn out love Cupid Killer Cupid Killer
4.
Do you know, babe, just how long been lonely for your touch? Anticipating, dying, waiting--on fire, in deep, blood rush Dreams of you, forbidden fruit, don't look, don't speak, can't touch Hard temptation, my frustration, I want you way too much Such a beautiful curse I'm my own saboteur Such a shame, shame, shame this game keeps me Inside sleeping woods it's understood Don't go where you'll get lost Consumed and bound, don't make a sound, Too late the line's been crossed So dark and deep, these promises I keep Keep guilty lovers tame This chill in the air, threatens and dares To blow out our lovers' flame Oh, such a beautiful curse I'm my own saboteur Don't wanna know, or weep, or speak of you so much it hurts But you're the only one I got the right to be wrong Such a shame, shame, shame this game keeps me And the sky keeps crying out As every star bends to hear Sick to death of my excuses Sick to death of all my fears But the bogeyman keeps talkin' Whispers death into my ear And these wounds they run so deeply And this pain is far too real Such a beautiful curse I'm my own saboteur Don't wanna know, or weep, or speak of you so much it hurts But you're the only one I got the right to be wrong Such a shame, shame, shame this game keeps me Shame shame shame this game keeps me Shame shame shame this game keeps me Frozen
5.
Wow 04:07
Hello. How are you? You're lookin' so fine. No, it's true. Remember the time we first met? You think that was good? You ain't seen nothin' yet. Like a bee to some honey; a moth to a flame. You got an addiction and you got me to blame. You never saw it coming 'cause I make no claims 'til now You can call it the unexpected or you can call it... wow! You can call it call it... wow! You can call it call it call it... wow! You can call it the unexpected or you can call it call it call it call it... Sorry, I don't know what came over me. The cycle of the moon affects the motion of the see what you did. It's starting all over again. We both want it now more than we did back then. Like a bee to some honey; a moth to a flame. You got an addiction and you got me to blame. You never saw it coming 'cause I make no claims 'til now You can call it the unexpected or you can call it... wow! You can call it call it... wow! You can call it call it call it... wow! You can call it the unexpected or you can call it call it call it call it... Gimme a minute. Let me get myself together. I'm never really out of control. Really, I'm so much better. Maybe it's your eyes, your stare lookin' like... Lookin' like you wanna go somewhere. You wanna go somewhere? Something about the wild in me; it's never tame. I think we're both alike; this is how we became. Like a bee to some honey; a moth to a flame. You got an addiction and you got me to blame. You never saw it coming 'cause I make no claims 'til now You can call it the unexpected or you can call it... wow! You can call it call it... wow! You can call it call it call it... wow! You can call it the unexpected or you can call it call it call it call it...
6.
I bear the marks of the strong but not so proud I've seen and done things, don't want anyone to know about All the needles and miracles can't kill away my shame Nothin's left, when there's no one left to blame Oh, Come down, Angel No one can help me now You sing so sweetly With no one else around Oh, Come Down, Angel All these demons gather 'round You're the only one I hear Help me, I'm comin' down I lose myself, each time more hypnotized Found vindication in this lover's blameless eyes Plunging in, the scarlet ocean, silence pounds Black wave is risin' up Close my eyes I drown Oh, Come down, Angel No one can help me now You sing so sweetly With no one else around Oh, Come Down, Angel Faceless demons gather 'round You're the only one I hear Help me, I'm comin' down Cold concrete digs hard against my skin I'm all out of miracles Please, Angel, take me in I'm lyin' here sick Think this time might be my last Black curtain's closing in I'm commin' down fast Oh, Come down, Angel No one can help me now You sing so sweetly With no one else around Oh, Come Down, Angel Faceless demons gather 'round You're the only one I hear Help me, I'm comin' down Oh, Come down, Angel No one can help me now You sing so sweetly With no one else around Oh, Come Down, Angel All these demons gather 'round You're the only one I hear Help me, I'm comin' down
7.
Monster 03:24 video
Oh, some people feed off of dreams and reverie I walk the line with that monster inside of me What's on the outside, all I appear to be Ain't what you find when you dig, dig, dig deep Play in the sandbox just like the rest of them Voice on the jukebox, croon with the best of them Lyrics and rhyme - sometimes - my only friends It's just where I have to go to find them Oooh, ooh Monster Oh, Oh Monster I learn to live with the monster He needs to feed my sweet monster Sow what you reap, the monster Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah The scars that I try to hide greet me at the door Give my mind just one, it wants one more It shackles, I twist and resist: the monster's born The stories I write he hides inside them Oooh, ooh Monster Oh, Oh Monster I learn to live with the monster He needs to feed my sweet monster Sow what you reap with the monster Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Solo Some people feed off of dreams and reverie Seems so harmless messin' with fantasy Imagination lives inside of me I close my eyes and hide inside it Monster I learn to live with the monster He needs to feed my sweet monster Sow what you reap monster Yeah, yeah, yeah Monster I learn to live Monster He needs to feed, the sweet Monster Sow what you reap The Monster Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
8.
Yeah, she's a ticking time bomb She's Heaven's black dove She's the lightning that crashes Into your sea of love Yeah, she got the pretty wild eyes And a velvet mouth You're always takin' her side She's always sellin' you out Yeah, but she lifts you up To where you can't come down And she never gives up She's always hangin' around She's kinda wild Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi Jenny, Jenny, Jenny Yeah, she's a really live wire She whistles funeral songs Sweet little charming liar But you still got your blinders on And even though she's wrecked you, baby With all her dirty deals You can't forget her, baby Yeah, you can't help the way you feel, no She never waits She never waits too long She never waits too long Yeah, but she lifts you up To where you can't come down And she never gives up She's always hangin' around She's kinda wild Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi Jenny, Jenny, Jenny Now you know she's made her way in Whispers, promises - forbidden Yeah, she knows she's made her way in It's too late She's under your skin Yeah, but she lifts you up To where you can't come down And she never gives up She's always hangin' around She's kinda wild Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi Je Ne Sais Quoi Jenny, Jenny, Jenny Jenny, Jenny, Jenny Jenny, Jenny, Jenny Jenny, Jenny, Jenny
9.
Wow, Have love Whoa baby will travel Uh huh, uh huh, have love Woah baby will travel I said if you need loving then Mm, hmm, I'll travel Yeah, I'll travel from Main to Mexico Just to find a little girl that loves me so No matter when, no matter where I'll be I'm looking for a woman that'll satisfy me Wow, Have love Whoa baby will travel Uh huh, uh huh, have love Woah baby will travel I said if you need loving then Mm, hmm, I'll travel Yeah, yeah, yeah, have love Oh baby will travel Uh huh, have love Oh pretty baby will travel I said if you need loving then Mm, I'll travel Well I might take a boat or I'll take a plane I might hitch hike or jump a railroad train Your kind of love drives a man insane So look for me walking just a any old way Yeah, yeah, yeah, have love Oh baby will travel Uh huh, have love Oh pretty baby will travel I said if you need loving then Mm, I'll travel
10.
Tahiti 04:21
I see that look in your eyes, babe, I can't deny its pull Yeah, you hypnotize me - break through my disguise so dull I wanna be with you, don't wanna be so afraid of this Don't wanna take it slow, grab passion by the throat Need to know your touch Oh, shhhhh Yeah, you're my wild desire We're gonna set this house on fire Turn all the angels into liars Can we be happy there? (yeah) There's thieves in the temple stare me in the face Shadows tremble, thunder takes their place Desire can make you wicked it can make you great In Tahiti What a vicious game you play Tahiti Nothin's black and white when you're in a fight like this Don't know what's wrong or right, I just need to taste your lips I'll sing a Siren's Song to steal just one Black Kiss I wanna breathe you in, and wash away this sin, The one who brings the pain's the one who makes it end, yeah Yeah, you're my wild desire We're gonna set this house on fire Turn all the angels into liars And we'll be happy there, yeah There's thieves in the temple stare me in the face Shadows tremble, thunder takes their place Desire can make you wicked it can make you great In Tahiti All the angels fall at our feet Every time we walk down the street Ooh, yeah There's thieves in the temple stare me in the face Shadows tremble, thunder takes their place Desire can make you wicked it can make you great What a vicious game you play There's thieves in the temple stare me in the face Shadows tremble, thunder takes their place Desire can make you wicked it can make you great In Tahiti What a vicious game you play How could you leave me here this way?
11.
My love, be brave Fate was written in the stars I could not save Your sweet light from envious dark Now Heaven is happy But me I look for you, Wandering Star Oh, my star Out by the lake, in the most peaceful part of town We took our date, Mississippi River, hallowed ground Two fools in love, we turned up the radio So much in front of us, we had no place to go You went in swimming, the wave crashed, when I turned back Heart sank in my chest, you were gone, never to come back My love, be brave Fate's been written in the stars I could not save Your sweet light from envious dark Now Heaven is happy But me I look for you, Wandering Star Oh, my star Broken and dazed, screamed your name into the sky Maybe my love's just playing tricks on me tonight Cracked a smile, I laughed and felt my soul lift How could the angels take my most precious gift? My head was spinnin', still you were gone, gone from my sight I'll never forget the words you sang to me on our last night My love, be brave Fate was written in the stars I could not save Your sweet light from envious dark Now Heaven is happy But me I still look for you, Wandering Star Oh, my star Ooh, oh, oh
12.
Black Mood 04:16
The ocean is lonely In motion and dark The divers are drowning And I'm sleepin' with a shark My eyes are wide open I've been walkin' asleep I don't wanna stay here But I just can't seem to leave I'm in a Black Mood I got no love in my heart You got me cryin', it feels like I'm dyin' And everything's fallin' apart, yeah Better without you I guess we were doomed from the start I'm done with kneelin', I'm sick of this feelin' You're just a ghost in the dark The scent of the roses The taste of your mouth The candles are burnin' But the flame has gone out I was broken and lonely Just empty inside I woke from a bad dream To Jekyll and Hyde Yeah, I'm in a Black Mood I got no love in my heart You got me cryin', it feels like I'm dyin' And everything's fallin' apart, yeah Better without you I guess we were doomed from the start I'm done with kneelin', I'm sick of this feelin' You're just a ghost in the dark Yeah, I'm in a black mood 'Bout as black as black can be Gonna put on my black shoes And walk out, wait and see Oh, I'm in a Black Mood Lookin' for love in my heart I'm done with cryin', I'm livin' not dyin' While you're busy fallin' apart, yeah Better without you I'll face the music alone I'm done with kneelin', I'm sick of this feelin' I'm standin' tough on my own Yeah

credits

released October 13, 2017

Soraia is:
ZouZou Mansour - lead vocals
Mike Reisman - lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Travis Smith - bass, backing vocals
Brianna Sig - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional Musicians:
John Faracchio- keys, organ, glockenspiel, piano, backing
John Glaubitz - additional guitar on "Monster" "Tahiti "Cupid Killer" "Quicksand" "Black Mood" // lead guitar on "Black Mood" and 2nd lead on "Have Love Will Travel" // backing vocals on "Cupid Killer" "Quicksand" "Black Mood"
Geoff Sanoff - backing vocals on "Quicksand"

Produced by Soraia with Geoff Sanoff except "Wow" and "Why" Produced by Stevie Van Zandt

Recorded and engineered by Geoff Sanoff at Renegade Studios, NYC
Mixed by Geoff Sanoff except "Wow" and "Why" Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This!
Assisted by Sergio Ruelas Jr.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Art Direction/Package Design/Illustration - Louis Arzonico
Back Cover Photo and Booklet Original Photo - Mark Weiss
Front Cover Original Photos - Reji Berrouet

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